by jellydonut25 » Sun Jul 22, 2012 12:24 pm
The Talia thing had me floored. Mostly because we were specifically told that she was NOT going to be Talia. Some people I know, who didn't know that the Talia twist was flat-out denied up and down, said they figured it out, but I personally was FLOORED.
The ending with the explosion is, I think, a case of the filmmaker simply purposely misleading the viewer. I don't think Batman was in the Bat for most of the time it was flying out...I think, if you're thinking that Alfred imagined seeing Bruce, you're reading too much into it, as there's no indication such a thing was the case, and the autopilot mention kind of blows that up. Why would Nolan bother with telling us the autopilot worked if Bruce was just gonna die?
And, as for "Robin". I think that was little more than a tip of the cap. It seems to be rather obvious (to me) that Blake would be taking up the mantle of Batman and not going by Robin.
I think the message here, is that Gotham will ALWAYS need Batman around, but Bruce finally came to the realization that he no longer wants/needs Batman in his life. I love that.